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Bravura secures new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... Bravura said. "The Garradin implementation has enabled Futurity to launch a ground-breaking discretionary family education bond that provides bond owners with the ability to easily track their contributions as well as provide flexible withdrawal arrangements." ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
If financial markets are going to time the beginning of the end - that is, when equity markets started their slippery slide into where we are now, it'll be 9 March 2020. That was the day the music died. Sure, equity markets were already sliding ...

Not buy time yet: Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... allocation. In fixed income, it had added a relative value strategy, which de Pourbaix says us less sensitive to credit or bond markets. "We don't have a long-term price target for gold. It is or a strategic allocation but in a market with significant ...

Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The government's $213 billion stimulus package is set to push up the country's total debt but experts say it is not reason enough to draw down on the sovereign wealth fund. The government has so far announced $213 billion in stimulus spending ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... was 0.12% higher than the underlying portfolio's value. The ETF with the biggest discounts was VanEck's corporate bond plus ETF (PLUS) which ended the day's trading at -11.86% to the iNAV. "You can't actually get rid of the discount in ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Holding cash as part of your portfolio may not be sexy, but in uncertain times investors are rushing back to old faithful. In January this year, Financial Standard published a piece on cash management and all those who held cash also held the same mentality ...

Cashwerkz announces new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... generate further revenue opportunities." Lechte worked as head of markets and director at Fiig Securities where he led the bond, research, sales, product origination and risk management teams. Prior to that, Lechte worked at UBS for 14 years holding ...

Investors flock to TCorp floating rate note

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... "This is a significant event, as we haven't issued in this form since 2015. "TCorp traditionally focuses on its benchmark bond program for its funding. Now that the funding program has increased, we can accommodate more floating rate note issuance ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... unwinding of a massive run up in the market that had led to overvaluation against the world of higher interest rates and bond yields at the time," Oliver said. "The selling looks to have been triggered by a monetary tightening in the US but was accelerated ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has injected around $2 billion into state bonds, as it expands its unconventional monetary policy measures. The move comes as a bid to revive the ability of the states, particularly New South Wales and Victoria, to borrow ...